Category: Nutrition
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Do NAD+ Supplements Actually Work? NMN vs NR vs Niagen Compared
Dr. Mukul Mittal walks you through whether NAD+ supplements actually work and what the trials show on different types of NAD+ supplements
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Are Nightshade Vegetables Inflammatory? Evidence and Glucose Data
Dr. Mukul Mittal walks you through whether nightshade vegetables are inflammatory — what the evidence actually shows, plus what Ultrahuman’s CGM data reveals on tomato, eggplant, and potato glucose response.
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Is Diet Coke Bad for You? Aspartame, Glucose, and the CGM Data
Dr. Mukul Mittal walks you through whether Diet Coke is bad for you – what aspartame does to blood glucose, the safety evidence and what Ultrahuman’s CGM data shows.
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Carb Cycling: Does It Actually Work? A CGM Reality Check
Dr. Mukul Mittal walks you through carb cycling — what the evidence shows for endurance athletes, why it rarely helps general dieters, and what a CGM typically reveals on high-carb vs low-carb days.
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Is Chick-fil-A Healthy? A Nutrition Guide to Every Menu Item
Is Chick-fil-A healthy? Most online guides focus on calorie count alone, but Mukul Mittal, Medical Director at Ultrahuman, walks through every menu category — breakfast, sandwiches, sides, salads, drinks — with the official Chick-fil-A nutrition numbers and the glucose-stability picks that follow from them.
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Glutathione Benefits: The Master Antioxidant Explained
Glutathione benefits are real — but most oral supplements aren’t. Mukul Mittal, Medical Director at Ultrahuman, walks through the evidence-backed benefits, the foods that actually raise it, and which precursor supplements (NAC, cysteine, glycine) have the strongest evidence behind them – plus where the supplement industry overstates what oral pills can do.
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What Is Invert Sugar? How It Affects Blood Glucose
If you’ve spotted “invert sugar” on an ingredient label and wondered if it’s worse than regular sugar, Ultrahuman Medical Director Mukul Mittal explains
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Low histamine diet explained and the triggers to be aware of
We explain how a low histamine diet works and the symptoms to look out for
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Sucrose explained: The key differences with ‘added sugar’ and how it affects your body
Naturally occurring sucrose isn’t bad in itself – but when refined and added to food it’s linked to a host of poor health outcomes